The little girl whose birth brought "anger, disappointment and fear"

[BrotherIvan]

151. Yes, wouldn't it be ironic if some of her neighbors or her friends did interviews

and we found out they weren't the biggest racists on earth? But from the articles, it seems like her family is the problem.

My mother took us to visit an old friend of hers who said something about our dark skin. I remember she stood up and said in a dignified way something to the effect of "We've been friends a long time, but you are not allowed to say anything negative about my children" and walked out. You know what, I thought that woman was an old witch, but what really stands out for me from that incident is that my mother stood up for us. No ifs ands or buts. That's what it takes. It didn't happen often and she usually just said some zinger when someone said something stupid like if we were adopted. I'm sure my mom wishes many things, especially that I wasn't such a difficult teenager, but I'm almost 100% sure she never wishes we were a different color, and for that I will always be thankful. I never really thought about it until this subject came up.

Thank you for your words. I don't normally write this much and certainly not something so personal. I'm sure I'll regret it, but I was actually just surprised that people who call themselves "democrats" were so ignorant. I don't know, today I see mixes of mixes of mixes and the children are all beautiful, unbelievably so. Maybe the next few generations will not have the same prejudice, at least I hope.